CSM Campaigns

Keep in mind, I'm not going to promise anything!
At the end of the day CCP has their roadmap. All I can do is make proposals and hope they listen!



About myself!

I've been playing EVE for the past 6...ish years now. During this time I've played all aspects of this game. From L4 Mission
Running and Mining in Highsec, to Piracy and FW in Lowsec, followed by Ratting/Industry POS maintenance to small gang and large soul crushing lag blobs in Nullsec. I even dabbled in Wormholes killing sleepers and PVP.

I don't know everything about this game, and I'll happily acknowledge this. I have a general understanding of this game and can survive and thrive in any place I find myself in! I don't see this as a bad thing actually. I could provide a different view on new features and ideas that might be put forward. Ask questions that someone who claims to "know it all" might not even think of, or ask.

In IRL I co-host a EVE meetup group for my city. Where anyone can meet me, have a few beers and talk to me in person about their grievances and concerns that I could put forward to CCP.



Why should I be elected in the CSM?


I like balance, and to be honest, EVE isn't balanced! Not by a long shot!

Everything should have a counter and there's several things ingame that has none. For example: Cloaking, not "AFK cloaking" just cloaking. Cloaking itself is perfectally fine! And "AFK cloaking" isn't an issue either. (And, you don't know if he's AFK or not!) The issue is that there isn't a "counter" to it. As I've suggested last year in F&I is a new ship class dedicated to hunting and killing cloaky ships.

I also like new players, sure I might gank 1 or 2 of them out of boredom. But, I like them, and I want them around. "New Blood" is needed in New Eden for it to survive and thrive. I have several suggestions that's not orientated in forcing players to play a way they don't want to. So, one suggestion is more Highsec missions. This hasn't been really touched in years as far as my knowledge goes. More missions, more mission hubs, more variety, more composition. Keep players who enjoy PVE gameplay interested in EVE!

Another thing is to make it easier for smaller groups to get into Nullsec. I'm looking at Power Projection here. Titan Bridging in particular. I personally have nothing against Nullsec and how they play. Now everything in EVE that can't be accessed from outside a POS shield. Except for Titan Bridging, you can't lock, access maintenance bays, run Gang Links anything. And if you can, it's considered an exploit and bannable. But with a Bridge, the Titan puts its ass outside the shield and you can interact with it! (Yes I'm aware I've lost alot of Nullsec potential votes here.)

Another proposal I was thinking of was an expansion to the NEX store. Every game has vanity items available, so does EVE to an extent. Yes, I'm poking micro-transactions here. But I do like the concept...JUST AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T BREAK THE GAME...so obviously "golden ammo/ships" is under the "**** that idea" category. I mean more options and customization for you character. I'm also in favor of paying for name changes and SP re-allocation.

I also have suggestions regarding Jove space, FW, Incarna, Carriers in Highsec. I'd go onto this in greater detail, I'd be here all day if I did!


Now, without a large layer group backing me. I have a snowballs chance in hell of getting voted in the CSM. Regardless, I'd love to sit down with any CSM/Dev to discuss my ideas and concerns I have with the future of this game.

Feel free to send me an ingame mail or post in this thread. I'll happily answer any questions that's asked!

Troll questions will be flagged...


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First off, welcome to the CSM race!

The first thing I notice if you're in RvB, and I know that Mangala will be running again for CSM9.
Will you be running with Mangala, or against Mangala? Why should someone vote for you instead of Mangala?



As this is my personal passion, I'm wondering about more specifics than just AFK cloaking. However, on the subject of AFK cloaking, why is a ship with the ability to hunt down cloaky ships needed in order to provide balance in Eve?

How is the mechanic itself unbalanced?



Why do you suggest a solo play style in order to retain "new blood" instead of a multiplayer aspect of Eve?

Players can play the game as they so choose. If they decide to fly Solo or with a Corp/Alliance/Coalition that's like minded, that's their decision. Regardless what anyone does, we're all a part of this community in one way or another. Nor have I expressed an opinion for/against solo or group play.

I choose not to.

People will play the game how they like and see fit, regardless of my opinion. So I'd like to put forward ideas and suggestions that will affect every gameplay. That would make the game fun and exciting for everyone. Not to favor one over the other!

I do not see it as the sole purpose of the CSM.
From my understanding its a lot more then that!

I know it involves talking a lot to the playerbase, getting their concerns and ideas and grivences to CPPs attention.

I also know CCP pitches new mechanics and ideas to the CSM aaking for their feedback.

And, there's a lot that the CSM does that I'm unaware of. It would be something new for me to experience and further myself in and out of the game!



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I've also seen several threads regarding this.

Alot of ideas thrown around, people complaining about it and how there's no way around it. Mainly nullsec residents. When I was in Nullsec and whenever there was a cloaky in local, I'd be extra cautious, while others never even undocked!

In my personal opinion, cloaking is perfectly fine as it is. Give people a way to counter it, and more gameplay options becomes available...


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Making Cloaky pilots more active and on their toes forces them to play more and be less "AFK".

After a lengthy discussion with several pilots at the latest EVE meetup, they like this idea. They also really liked my idea on "Enhanced Cloaking" which I'll discuss more at a later date.

Actually, no it really doesn't.

I actually prefer all styles of game-play, it just depends on my mood at the end of the day. Having multiple characters and accts I enjoy this luxury of choice!

Sometimes I'll feel like playing solo missions. Just want to be alone, in a nice corner of space. Either to Mine or Mission. Other times I feel social, and I'll pop into RvB, join a fleet and talk my merry head off with as much people as humanly possible.

My refusal to answer in this particular case was someone asking me, solo or group play....make a choice. I choose not to pick either or. But, now it seems I have to address it as more then 1 person poked it.

So, I hope you and everyone else for that matter understands my answer...

TL:DR, I enjoy and actively pursue all aspects of PVP and PVE game-play, BOTH solo AND with a group. In my opinion, this makes me more flexible as I can relate to any game-play change/suggestion/proposal that will come up when dealing with CCP.



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Can you expand on this?

What "suggestions" do you have with Incarna?

Knowing full well that its a car crash that never stops exploding!

You mentioned in my other thread that you view the teleportation mechanics, sans titan bridges, as working as intended. Do you feel a capital ship crossing the entire map in 7 minutes as balanced game play?